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6 6 6 6 6 THE ECHO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1879. SECONDEDITION Saturday, 3 p.m. FATAL FIRE THIS MORNING. THOUSANDS RENDERED DESTITUTE. hours afterwards.

FOG ACCIDENT AT WOODSIDE FERRY. TELEGRAM TO THE LIVERPOOL A serious fire occurred at the well-known Anchor Thread Mills, Paisley, this morning, resulting in the total destruction of the principal mills of the firm. The firm employ about 4,000 workmen, and the mill destroyed, the building was one of the strongest, and was built of brick in 1850, being four storeys in height. About two o'clock this morning the fire was discovered by a watchman, and the fire steam-engines were at once turned out, the firm's brigade also lending their assistance, but within a quarter of an hour the roof had follen in with a great crash, and was soon followed by several flats, londed with machinery. No efforts of the firemen could save the mill, and so attention was directed to the adjoining property, which, fortunately, was saved.

By half-past three o'clock the firemen had gained the mastery of the fire, and all danger was over. The loss will amount to between £20,000 and £30,000, which is covered by insurance. Later in the morning, some debris fell, and Mr. John. M'Ginty, manager of the box-making department, who was a willing worker, was killed.

In the confusion, the occurrence was noticed, and the melancholy fact was only discovered about This morning, at about five o'clock, Inspector Whereal and the men on duty at the Woodside Landing-stage heard cries of distress proceeding from the river between the Landing-stage and its pierhead, and on going there found a man clinging to a rope which was hanging from the floatingbridge. He was in a very exhausted condition, and was with much difficulty rescued from his perilous position, and taken to the receiving-room, where restoratives were applied. He proved to be James Kehoe, a tailor, living in Waverley-street, Seacombe, and had fallen into the water by stepping across one of the guard-chains of the bridge, having lost his way in the fog. About eight o'clock he was sent home in a cab. THE DROWNING FROM A SEACOMBE BOAT.

The body of the man who was drowned from the Seacome ferry boat, at Seacombe, this mornlag, has been found floating near the Alfred Dock, where it had been brought by the returning tide. was conveyed to the deadhouse in Watsonbeet, Birkenhead, where it awaits an deceased inquest. papers found in the pockets, the to be a Mr. John Dawson, a resident of THE VAGARIES OF A YANKEE for America. A LA-DI-DA-DI" JOKE DURING THE FOG.

At the Third Police Court, to-day, before Mr. Aspinall, a young man of respectable appearance, who gave the name of George W. Williams, was charged on remand with refusing to pay several cabmen their fares. The prisoner, it appears, arrived in Liverpool from New York about six weeks ago, and put up at the Washington Hotel, where he stayed until his bill amounted to about £7. He then left, and proceeded to the Alexandra Hotel, Dale-street, where be also ran up a small account, which be neglected to pay, and since taking his departure from the latter place he has been staying at a house of ill-fame in Minshull-street.

On Thursday he engaged a cabman to drive him to different places about town, and when latter asked for his fare he cooly replied that he had no money. A police-officer was summoned, and Williams was given into custody. He was remanded on Friday in order that Dr. Kavanagh might make an examination as to his mental condition and Detective Morris was at the same time instructed to make inquries with respect to certain statements he had made. On going to the office of Messrs.

Inman and Morris found a ticket for a return passage to New York in favour of the prisoner. The ticket had been paid for by Williams's brother in New York, who is said to occupy a highly respectable position in that city. Since his arrival in Liverpool the prisoner, it would appear, has swindled at least a dozen cabmen out of their fares, and three of them now attended court, one claiming 7s, and the other two 6s each. Dr. Kavanagh reported that he had examined the prisoner, and was of opinion that he was mentally weak, but not sufficiently affected to necessitate his detention.

Mr. Aspinall renunded the prisoner till Monday, and directed inquiries to be made in the meantime as to the best way of keeping him until the steamer sailed At the Liverpool Police Court, this morning. before Messrs. E. Banner and M.

Belcher, a inan named John' Connolly, who stated that he was a was charged by Robert Powell Jones, bookkeeper, residing at 10, Phoebe Annstreet, with assaulting him and robbing him of a bunch of keys. The Prosecutor stated that he was going home this morning, between twelve and one o'clock, during the dense fog, when two men came up to him near to Soho-street, in Islington, took hold of him, and began to dance about and sing La-di-da-di." At first he thought it was a joke, until he feit one of their hands in his pocket, and he then began to shout Murder," and to call for the police. A bunch of keys was taken out of his pocket, and the two men then ran away, giving him a push at the time, and he slipped and feil. Police-constable 641 came up in a second or two, and caught tho prisoner, the other nan getting away. One of the men -the officer could not say which--dropped a bunch of keys, which the prosecutor said belonged to him.

-The Prisoner denied that he was one of the men: but the police-constable stated that he was certain he was, as he caught him after ho had left the prosecutor only two or three yards, and there was 110 one else about. -The bench committed the prisoner to gaol for one month for the assault. KILLING HER OWN CHILD. THE SAD STORY OF A WOMAN'S RUIN. At Halstead, yesterday, Mary Ann Ford, aged nineteen, a domestic servant, formerly in the employ of Mr.

Hampton, was charged with the wilful murder of her illegitimate child. -Charles Bird, coachman to Mr. Hampton, said that on Thursday he went into the cellar, and detected a dreadful smell. He afterwards found a carpetbag concealed under some old baskets, which, when opened, was found to contain the remains of a child, much decomposed. When he raised the alarm the prisoner said, "Oh, pray don't say anything; I did it; it is my poor child." On being arrested she said, I wish to tell how it happened.

After giving birth to the child it cried. I did not want my master and mistress to know anything about it, so I took my hands and strangled the child. I afterwards got the bag in which I placed the body. I intended removing it, but before I could do so it was all found out; I am sorry for it now. -The medical evidence showed the child had been dead about three or four weeks, and that death resulted from suffocation by strangulation.

The prisoner reserved her defence, and was committed for trial. After being committed she fainted, and had to be carried from the dock. MAIL AND SHIP NEWS. BALTIMORE, FRIDAY. -The Allan steamer Moravian arrived here to-day.

MOVILLE, SATURDAY. -The Allan steamer Sarmatian sailed hence for Halifax and Baltimore early this morning. CROOKHAVEN, SATURDAY. -The Leyland line steamer Illyrian, from Boston, passed here at 5.45 a.m. to-day.

QUEENSTOWN, Cunard steamer Scythia, from New York, arrived here at 4 o'clock this morning, landed mails, and proceeded for Liverpool immediately. NEW YORK, SATURDAY. -The steamer Britannic sailed hence star da with the Australian mails, received vid Francisco. TO -DAY'S WEATHER FORECASTS. LONDON, -The following are the Meteorological Office weather forecasts, issued at noon, referring to the weather of the ensuing twenty-four hours Districts.

Forecasts. South Westerly to Westerly 1. Scotland, N. breezes. moderate cloudy to E.

fair, slight rain. N.E. Very light Westerly breezes 2. England, cloudy, foggy, rather cold. 3.

England, E. Calm and variable airs; foggy, dull. 4. Mid. Calms, foggy, cloudy weather.

5. England, and Light variable airs; cloudy, dull, Channel. fog. 6. Scotland, South Westerly to Westerly breezes, moderate; dull, fair.

7. England, N.W. Light. Southerly breezes cloudy, and N. Southerly to South Easterly 8.

breezes, light or moderate. cloudy. 9. Ireland, Southerly to South Westerly breezes, light; cloudy, duil. Southerly to South Easterly 10.

Ireland, breezes, light or moderate: cloudy. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. ARRIVED. December 13. Connaught Manill Resolnte Wilmington Glendaruel Londo Len Cruachan (s), Storm.cock Fava New Orleans Cadiz THIRD EDITION.

Saturday, 3.30 p.m. FURTHER NEWS FROM AFGHANISTAN. TWO 'DAYS' SHARP FIGHTING. DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY. The second edition of the Daily News contains the following telegram from Cabul, ado dated Dec.

12, 7.50 Macpherson attacked the J. over the Bala Hissar ridge at noon, and enemy captured the lower part of the position, which the troops now hold. Ferguson, of the 92nd, and Tasken, of the 3rd Sikhs, are wounded. General Baker's brigade, who are here, had some sharp fighting for two days. The bill now occupied by the enemy will be surrounded and stormed tomorrow.

The city is quiet. In yesterday's action Forbes, of the 14th Bengal Lancers, is missing. of the 9th, is injured from his horse Mackenzie, falling. STRENGTHENING THE BRITISH FORCES. If necessary, the Cabul force will be immediately reinforced by a couple of Goorkha regiments which left India last month to join the Koorum command.

The military authorities in India have considered it expedient to despatch the 6th Carabineers, under the command of Colonel Fryer, from Umballa for Koorum. THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE INDIAN VICEROY. CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE QUEEN. The congratulations of the Queen and her Majesty's Government have been telegraped to the Viceroy of India on his escape from attempted assassination yesterday. EXPECTED DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND.

TO-MORROW'S DEMONSTRATION; Two hundred men of the 57th Foot have been ordered to proceed to Mount Partry, county Mayo, disturbances being apprehended at to- morrow's land meeting. LIBERATION OF MR. KILLEN. This morning, at the Carrick Carrick-on-Shannon Assize Court, application on to Judge Harrison to allow Mr. Killen out on bail.

The application was granted, and Mr. Killen was liberated, himself in £500 and two sureties of £250 each. The bails were Messrs. Thomas Barrett and Owen M'Cann, merchants. UNSAVOURY SAUSAGES.

died. The others will probably recover. THE INSPECTION OF PUBLICHOUSES. A FAMILY POISONED. We learn Greenock that a woman named Kerr, aged i seventy, found some sausages in a rubbish heap, and took them to her home, where they were cooked and eaten by herself, her daughter, and three children of the latter.

They all became very unwell, and in a fow hows MIs. Kerr, who had not told her daughter wi.ere re sausages came from until they had been SINGULAR APPLICATION FOR A SUMMONS AGAINST MR. BALFOUR. At the Liverpool Police Court, this morning, before Messrs. E.

Banner and M. Belcher, a singular application for a summons against Mr. Alexander Balfour was made by Mr. R. H.

Bartlett, on behalf of Mr. Patrick Byrne, licensed victualler, Scotland-place. Mr. Thomas Berry, secretary to the Licensed Victuallers' Association, was present during the application. Mr.

Bartlett, in making the application, said he asked for a summons on behalf of Mr. Patrick Byrne, licensed victualler, who had three or four public-houses in Liverpool. On Saturday night last a man went into Mr. Byrne's public-house in Scotland-place, evidently in disguise, having a basket on his arm, and being dressed up in a curious way. He had nothing to drink, walked about the place, interfered with the customers by looking in their faces in a very curious kind of manner, and made himself very obnoxious, so much so that some of the persons who were in the public-house took umbrage, and were very nearly assaulting him by kicking him out of the place.

Mr. Byrne was not at that time in the public-house, but the manager ultimately got the person to go away. The man then went into two or three other public-houses in the same neighbourhood, and persisted in his absurd and ludicrous manner, watching people and looking at them. He returned, to Mr. Byrne's public-house, and Mr.

Byrne ultimately happened to see him. Mr. Banner. Byrne was in the publichouse at this time. Mr.

-Yes. Mr. Byrne at once went to him, and asked him his business and name. The man would not give his name, and the result was that Mr. Byrne did what any other gentleman in his position would do, he said, 1 don't know you, and don't know what your intentions are whether they are wicked or felonious, and if you don't give Die your name I will call a policeollicer.

A police -officer was called, and the man would not even given his name to him. They then insisted on his going to the detective-office. Mr. Banner. -He insisted Mr.

Bartlett. -No, sir; Mr. Byrne insisted upon the officer taking him to the detective-office, and he was taken there. When they went there they saw Inspector Cozens. and the man still refused to give his name in the detective-office.

This made matters look a great deal more suspicious, and he (Ar. Bartlett) could not help thinking that he ought not to have been allowed to go away without giving his name, because whoever he was he was not entitled to any more consideration than any other person. Supposing this man's conduct had brought about a riot in Mr. Byrne's house, very likely Mr. Byrne would have been summoned for allowing improper conduct in his house, and would have been brought before the magistrates and fined, so that Mr.

Byrne was justified in seeking for protection from such conduct. It seemed that before the man left the detective-ollice Inspector Cozens, knowing who he was, said that Mr. Byrne should have his name on Monday, but he could not have it that night. Mr. Byrne went away satisfied with Inspector Cozens's promise.

Mr. Byrne afterwards got a letter in which the writer said that he was very anxious to explain what he was doing in Mr. Byrne's public-house, that it was quite true he was there, and that he saw certain things that ought not to have happened. Mr. Byrne (Dr.

Bartlett said) had conducted his house in a proper manner. There had never been a charge of any description against him, and he thought it hard that he should be incommoded in his business by interference of this sort, which was very likely to create a breach of the peace. On that ground he asked for a summons against this person. On Monday night there came a letter signed Alexander Mr. Banner.

-Alexander Balfour: Mr. Bartlett. -Alexander Balfour, saying that he was the identical man who had goue to Mr. Byrne's, with another man accompanying him with a basket. Mr.

Byrne did not know whether he came there to look at the women and admire them, or to take away a bottle or two of spirits, but he (Mr. Bartlett) asked for a summons against Mr. Balfour for interfering with Mr. Byrne in the, conduct of his business in such a manner as to be likely to create a breach of the peace. Mr.

Roberts (magistrates' is the offence? Mr. Bartlett. That his general conduct in the house was such as was likely to create a breach of the peace, and therefore he might be bound over in sureties for his future good behaviour. He (Mr. Bartlett) thought the conduct was very bad, and he did not think that anyone would have supposed that any respectable person would have been guilty of it.

The idea (Mr. Bartlett said) of Mr. Baliour rushing about in disguise, with a basket and a cloth in it, like an old oyster man. Inspector Cozens said that when the parties went to the detective-oflice, he, of course, knew who Mr. Balfour was, and told Mr.

Byrne that he might call upon Major Greig. He must say that Mr. Balfour was not in disguise, and was dressed as a gentleman. He was dressed as he usually and had a small basket with him--a small was, thing. Nir.

Bartlett. -Just big enough to put half -a- pint of whisky or so in. Inspector Cozens said that no charge was made against Mr. Balfour. There was another person with Mr.

Balfour, who was a gentleman. Mr. Bartlett. -Don't say gentleman, if you please--conduct of this kind! You ought to have given his name, and I don't think it was much to your credit that you did not. Inspector Cozens.

-I told him that he could get it on Monday. Mr. Bartlett said that had Mr. Balfour come down upon anyone else in the same way, Inspector Cozens would have given his name. Inspector Cozens ought not to have screened him.

Inspector Cozens. -There was no screening at all. I asked Mr. Byrne over and over again it he had any charge against him. Mr.

Banner asked Mr. Bartlett to point out the specific charge for which be wanted the summons. Then be would say whether he thought there was a case under it. Mr. Bartlett read from page 652 of "Stone's Justices' Manual as to the conduct for which persons could be compelled to find sureties for good behaviour.

It might be required from That, Mr. Bartlett maid, was Mr. Balfour was (laughter). Well (Mr. Bartlett remarked), Mr.

Balfour was A nightwalker, and would be much better in bed, un old man like him, Sureties might also be required from eaves-droppers (laughter), itself and in general whatever act was, in such an offender. was a He (Mr. Bartlett) said that if misbehaviour, sufficient cause for binding Mr. Balfour went into Mr. Byrne's public-house, which was a house intended for the sale of liquor, and which WAS a house which every one had a right to use except during prohibited hours -if he went there, and, by staring women's faces, and making himself conspicuous and obnoxious, which was likely to create a disturbance-in fact, it was only by the good management of the manager that a disturbance was not created and Mr.

Balfour roughly handledthen he (Mr. Bartlett) said that WAS a case in which the bench would be justified in granting a summons against Mr. Balfour; and he (Mr. Bartlett) would be satisfied on Mr. Balfour's own surety if he would promise not to do these things again.

It was perfectly absurd (Mr. Bartlett said) for a man like Mr. Balfour torun about the streets, at ten o'clock at night, amongst bad women. He did not know how Mr. Balfour's wife would like it; he should think she would be very angry.

The magistrates were consulting in the matter, when Mr. Bartlett asked if they would permit him for one moment to say that on Friday he wrote to Mr. Balfour and gave him notice that he intended to make this application, and that he should bevery happy if he would attend. If Mr. Balfour had heard what he (Mr.

Bartlett) had had to say perhaps it might have cured him, Mr. Banner (after consulting further with his brother magistrate) said brother magistrate agrees with me that assuming you are able to prove everything you have stated, still we do not think there is an offence to justify us in issuing a summons. We express no opinion whatever on the case in any way. We do not think there would be any evidence of anything likely to lead to a breach Li of the peace which would justify us in granting a summons. Mr.

Bartlett said he should be able to show that it was with the greatest ditticulty that a breach of the peace was prevented. He hoped that if anything of this kind happened again, and the publican was summoned that the bench would bear this case in mind, and put the saddle on the right horse. Mr. Roberts (magistrates' Mr. Bartlett, have you got what you want (laughter)? Mr.

Bartlett (smiling) then left the court. GREAT FAILURE OF A COTTON SPINNER. TELEGRAM TO THE LIVERPOOL A petition in liquidation was filed in the Oldham County Court this morning, by Messrs. Grundy, Kershaw and solicitors, Manchester, on behalf of Mr. William Halliwell, Rakewood Mills, Littleborough, near Rochdale.

The petitioner is a cottonwaste spinner and mauufacturer. The liabilities amount to £16,000. The court has appointed Mr. William Butcher, accountant, Manchester, receiver and manager of the estate. DESTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL BY FIRE.

BY FIRE. The National School, Erdington, near Birmingham, was yesterday destroyed by fire. In consequence of the hard! frost and the defective state of the bydrants, was difticult to obtain water. The school itself was completely gutted, but the firemen managed The to damage save is the estimated class-rooms at the THE MORGELL WILL SUIT. In the Probate Division, yesterday, Sir James Hannen and a special jury had before them the suit of Hilliard Rose and another, which had reference to the testamentary dispositions of the late Miss Anne Morgell, who died in May, 1878, possessed of considerable property in Tipperary.

One of the remarkable features of the case is that the plaintiff, an Irish barrister, propounds some testamentatary papers made ten years previous to the will set up by the defendants, Sir William Anderson Rose and Mr. Todd. The plaintiff alleged that this latar will, by which the property went to a distant relation, was procured by the undue influence and fraud of Madame Szyminski, a Polish lady, who made the acquaintance of the testatrix in Paris. The jury, without retiring, consulted a few minutes, and found for the defendants upon all the issues. The learned judge pronounced for the will set up by the defendants, and condemned the plaintiff in the costs of the litigation.

IGNORANCE AND SUPERSTITION. An extraordinary case of superstition has just come under the notice of the county coroner at Wybunbury, Cheshire. Gertrude Wycherley, the child of respectable parents, aged fourteen months, was left to play on the hearth, when she pulled the redhot poker out of the fender across her neck, receiving the most dreadful burns. The mother, instead of sonding for the doctor, took the infant to the house of a woman who professes to charm." The woman said she could cure the child by exorcising the fire, and she proceeded to do so by mumbling a after which she applied ointments, and said the child would 8000 be all right. It was afterwards discovered to be dying, and a medical man was sent for but the poor child was too seriously injured to survive.

The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death," and the coroner censured the mother for her lamentable ignorance. FUNERAL OF THE SON OF MR. TOOLE, The funeral of Mr. J. L.

Toole, son of the wellknown comedian, took place yesterday afternoon, at Kensal Green Cemetery. Mr. J. L. Toole, although suffering from gout, was present, as were also Messrs.

Irving, C'. Dickens, Bancroft, Hare, Kendal, E. Terry, EASTERN NEWS. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEV. 12.

-Intelligence has reached the Porte which leads to the belief that the surrender of Gussinje to Montenegro may be peaceably accomplished. SPORTIVE NOTES. From the Sportina Times.) We can quite understand the blunder Mr. Gladstone feil into over the land o' the It merely association of ideas, and it was the land o' the ineal he was thinking of. They were talking about the bad wine somebody is in the habit of giving, and the Little Villain being silent, he was asked if he ever tasted it.

Tasted it replied the Little Villain; yes, I- tasted it -one hour and a half after I left his house." Five dollars for certificating a man said the hayseed bridegroom can't you do it no cheaper than that Not a vermillion centime," replied the gentleman who made a speciality of uniting hearts. Come, now, say four 'n' a haff-'n' I'll give you my custom will, by gee! The Nor York Heralt heads an article, Are we Nation of Liars:" if the Heralit wants our candid opinion, we dont mind saying that we think they can give Ananias a start. General Roberts says that in a British regiment of a thousand men there are, in his experience, usually fifty men who, as a forlorn hope, will do anything; that nine hundred men, who would either gape or run, will follow the fifty: and that the other fifty are curs, who would cringe in a ditch if they could. A secret is like silence--you cannot talk about it and keep it. It is like -once let a man know you have any, and it is half lost.

My dear gineral," said we to our military friend, hearing him disclose our latest confidence, why did you betray that important secret Is it betraying you call was the indignant reply. Sure, when I found I wan't able to keep it meself didn't I tell it to someone that could Hope deferred maketh the man feel profane. The fact that "virtue is its own reward is perhaps the reason why people abandon it for something that brings a more tangible recompense. "You've got a poor house to-night," we lately observed to a theatrical manager. Yea," he rejoined, "and if the business doesn't mend, a poor house will have nie before long 46 "Pit full'?" bitterly remarked the same manager.

Pitiful's more like it The giraffe is a lucky animal. If Roraco had been constructed on the giratto plan, the balcony scene would have been much more interesting. He would have been enabled to snatch immortal blessings from her sips without barking his shins in an ineffectual endeavour to climb up a stone wall. Landlady," he, the coffee is not settled." No," said she, bus it comes as near it as your last month's board bill and that man never spoke again during the meal. A lanky, cadaverous individual Was getting shaved by an irascible country barber.

The customer's cheeks were 80 hollow that the barber was induced to stretch patient's cheek by the simple expedient of inserting his thumb into his (the razor slipped patient's) and mouth. cut through While in the this cheek position into the thumb. The barber's only apology was, Dash your lantern jaws! I've cut my An Italian Republie once passed a law for the abolition of capital punishment. In order that it might be fully entorced, the first action of the I Government after the passing of the law WitS to execute the public executioner. A girl was suffering from lockjaw.

A thought occurred to the physician attendiug her. He quietly let slip a mouse in her room, and when the girl saw it she contrived to open her mouth wide enough to give a yeli that made the crochets in the china closet rattle. COMMERCIAL. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAT, 11 A.M.

-The market opened tamely, with Spot. only a limited demand, and a lower disposition on the part sellers to take prices. Futures depressed, and are lower Sales, 8,000 bales. are than last night. The following transactions have taken American, any port, L.M, December, 6 27-32d.

December-January, 6 27-32d. January-February, 6 27-32d. February-March, 6 29-32d. March-April, 7d, 6 31-32d. April-May, 71-32d.

May-June, 7 1-16d. June-July, 2.30 P.M. Spot. -The market has been very freely supplied by sellers, and a fair business has resulted at 1-16d per lb. decline.

Sales, 8,000 bales, including 1,000 on speculation and for export. Futuras, after giving way gd, are steady at the decline. Present prices are gd below those ruling early in the week. The following transactions have taken place since official hours any port, L. M.

C. December, 6 13-10d. December-January, 6 13-16d. January-February, 613-16. February-March, 64d.

March-April, 6 15-16d. April-May, 7d. May- June, 7 1-32d. June-July, 74d. AMERICAN ADVICES.

The New York market for spot Cotton weak yesterday, and quotations were reduced 5-16c for good middling and 3-16e for middling and good ordinary. At the South, there was a decline of at New Orleans, at Savannah and Charleston, and at Galveston. New York futures opened firm, and gained over ic per but went flat, and lost tho bulk of the rise, closing unsettled at a net advance of 1-16c to Receipts at the ports 52,000 bales, against 53,000 last week, and 45,000 last vear. Shipments, 27,500 bales to Great Britain 8,900 to the Continent. The closing quotations for futures were as follows December 12.76c March 13.48c Januarv 19.9ve 13.61c 13.18c May 13.79c Exchange at New York $4.80, against $4.80 on the previous day and at Now Orleans $1.79.

against $4.79. The following are the quotations. for Middling and the rates of freight at the various ports Freight. Middling. Sail.

Steamer. New York 13 1-16c 3-16d New Orleans 12c Ed 7-100 Savannah id 7-160 Charleston 11-32d 15-32d 12c CHa Galveston 12c ja 9-16d The following is an account of the movements at the American ports and interior towns during the past week and since the 1st September compared with last 1878. Receipts this week 237.610 219.000 since September 1 2.588,600 2,160.500 Exports to Great Britain this 81.000 57,000 since Sept. 1. 945,000 690,700 'Continent this 36,000 53,000 since sept.

1. 463.600 465,000 Stock in the ports. 753.000 703,000 Stock in interior towns 3.0 0.000 254,000 Interior receipts this week 123,000 1101,000 Taken by American spinners 63.000 :0,000 since Sept, 1. 481,000 357.000 The receipts from plantations for the week are 270,000 bales, against 239,000 last week, and 239,000 last year. THIS DAY'S POLICE.

COUNTY MAGISTRATES' COURT. Before Alf, Holbrook Gaskell and Mr. G. G. Macrac.) CHARGE OF PASSING A BASE COIN.

-A young man, named John Wright, was charged with uttering A base half-crown at the shop of Charles Wright, provision dealer, Prescot street, Knotty Ash, on the 22nd November. About five o'clock on that day the prisoner called at the shop of the prosecutor and purchased two halfpenny bans, tendering the half-crown in payment and obtaining 28 5d in change. The coin was subsequently ascertained to be a base one, and the prisoner was apprehended on the 12th inst. -He was remanded until Wednesday, the police having another charge against him. ALLEGED THEFT FROM A PRIVATE SCHOOL.An elderly man, named Samuel Lang, was charged with having, on the 11th December, stolen from the private school of the Rev.

Robert Ray, 30, Parkfield-road, Toxteth Park, three overcoats and three pairs of gloves, valued at £8 12s, the property of three of the scholars. The articles were left in the cloakroom of the school on the evening of the 11th and on the afternoon of the same day the prisoner pledged one of the coats for 4s at a shop in Byrom-street, and attempted to pawn a second in Richmondrow, when he was given into custody. The third coat found in the possession of the prisoner, who was now remanded until Wednesday, MAN FOUND DROWNED IN THE CANAL. SUPPOSED SUICIDE. About eight o'clock this morning, Richard Gaskell, residing on the canal bank, near Chisenhale-street-bridge, noticed a man's hat hanging by string attached to the wooden foot-bridge crossing the canal near the bottom of Philip-street.

He gave information to Police constable 20, who, on going to the place, found the hat hanging there, and at the same time observed the dead body of a man in the water. 'The officer got the body out of the water, and it was afterwards identitied by Bridget Casey, of 66, Tatlock-street, as that of her father, John Casey. Deceased was thirty-nine years of age, and was in the employ of the Corporation for many vears. He had been in delicate health tor the last three months. The body was afterwards removed to 66, Tatiock-street.

THE DANGERS OF PARAFFIN OIL. The borough coroner (Mr. Clarke Aspinall) held an inquest to-day on the body of Mary Kelly, ninetecu years of age, a servant in the house of Daniel Telfer Arnoldi, a merchant residing at Summerfield, Moss-lane, Orrell. The young woman wag engaged on Thursday afternoon in cleaning the flues of the kitchen grate, and she poured some oil down the back flue with the intention of setting fire to it, as she had done on a previous occasion. The oil got into the grate and set fire to her clothing.

She rushed into the front garden, and the people in the neighbourhood wrapped her in rugs and blankets, by which means the flames were extinguished. The girl was afterwards removed to the Royal Infirmary, whore she died the same evening, at half-past eight. 'The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." TOOL STEALING IN MESSRS. LAIRD'S WORKS. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.

OPENING PRICES. London and 1465 to Midland 99 Lancasbire and 1264 North British 768 7 994 Great Eastern 594 London, Chatham, and Dover 263 Great Western Atlantic Gt. Western 1st 52 Erie. Erie 2nd Mort. Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 11 3-16 Great Northern A 99 LONDON SHARES.

Discount firm, at 28 Consols weaker Egyptians easier Pref. about 79 United, Turkish flat, except 1871 Loan 1873, 10 to Ottoman, to Russian depressed; 1873, to 752. Railways dull, except Scotch lines Chatham 94 Atlantics Erie September traffic 81,405 dols. increase. PRICES 1.45 P.M.

Consols 97. to New and Reduced 968 Caledonian. 1001 Great Eastern. 593 Great Northern A Great 11 London and 268 London London and and North- Brighton Deferred 132 147 I Metropolitan. CO Metropolitan District 808 CH Midland 133 Manchester, Shefield.

and 803 1 North British North- Eastern 1105 South -Eastern 1163 Italian 802. New Spanish. 153 Turkish 93 Mexican 114 GLASGOW SHARES. GLASGOW SHARES. GLASGOW, SATURDAY.

-Business dono Caledonian, 1004: Great North of 65 48; Atlantic and Great Western First Mortgage, 52 Erie, 434 Grand Trunk of Canada, 144 Ditto Second 488 4 Ditto Third Clyde Coal, 76: Great Western of Canada, 114. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, 1.30 P.M. Wheat firm, but not much doing. Yesterday's fuli prices asked for Flour. In Indian Corn business is not active, but there is no change in quotations; mixed American, 6s to 66 la per cental.

Other cereals quiet at yesterday's currencies. PRESTON, The market was well supplied with wheat in better condition, which fetched 1s to 23 per windle more than the prices of last week. Flour 19 per pack: dearer. No change in oats, oatmeal, and beans. Wheat.

205 61 to 23s 6d per windle flour, 379 to 41s per pack; oats, 25 10d to 35 3d per bushel; oatmeal, 293 to 31s ver load. CARLISLE, Fair supply of wheat and large supply of oats. Wheat sold at about last week's rates. Inferior samples of oats sold slowly, while fur best samples full prices were paid. PROVISIONS.

Beef continues to move tion at previous tigures. value, but the demand quieter, and rather easier steady but Shoulder are quiet. Butter flat. Reef, per 304 lbs. 8 8 lix.

In. mess new. 95 064105 0 83 0 90 Prime mess 75 0 85 0 l'ork, per 200 lbs. I'rime mess U.S. Fastera 0 65 0 Do.

55 0 57 6 Encou, per 112lbs. U. A. short mid. boneless 41 6 0 0 Do.

rib in 39 0 0 Long mid. b'less 40 0 41 Boneless 0 0 00 03 Cumberland cut. 3S 0 41 0' ST. JOHN'S MARKET, 8 Beef 0 0 Veal 1 arub Fresh pork Lobsters Cot Bret 10 Turbot. 10 Salmon.

couple Geese. Herer. couple 5 8 CORN. CORN. but LIVERPOOL, SATURDAT.

slowly into consumpPork steady in only moderate. Bacon to buy. Hams rule slow. Lard dull. Cheese Hame in salt- 0 04 45 Short 33 0 Shoulders 25 0 17 CheeseU.S.

63 0 67 Good to ane 55 Midling 40 0 50 0 Butter- Can. extra 105 0 115 0 Fine. 80 00 .95 0 8 60 00 95 0 Ori. middliox. 80 0 95 0 40 0 .50 0 SATURDAY.

Blk Pheasants game. brace br'co 8 -000 Fresh lo. Salt butter L3zs peck 100 0 0 Filberts Apricota. 0 Damsons Grapes, Eng. Ib.

Do. Pines, ih. Nectarines. tor.each e'ch 0 8 -000 Peaches 0 GENERAL PRODUCE. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

The market for Colonial Produce, as usual at this time of the year, is very quiet, and beyond a small lot of Taal Sugar. at 17s 6d per cwt. from store, there is nothing done worthy of notice. LONDON, SATURDAY. The sugar market is dull, and no business doing.

Coffee Pat and neglected. Rica extremely dull. Cotton market quiet. Jute inactive. Tallow Old.

424 62; new, 453 on the spot. Rape oil, 303 linseed, 256, Turpentine, 205 pd. Petroleum, 7 1-144 At the Birkenhead Police Court, t4-day, two young men, named John Harrison and Henry Prescott, were brought up before Mr. Preston and Alderman Walker, charged with stealing a numberof tools belonging to Messrs. Laird Brothers.

It appeared that for some time tools have been missed from the chests in which they are kept in the works. One man had missed as many as thirty. On Friday afternoon a boy named James Green said he saw the prisoners trying the lock of one of the boxes, and gave information to a watchman named Patrick Scullen. They were stopped and searched, when a number of skeleton keys were found in Harrison's possession, together with a picklock, which he tried to conceal. The prisoners were then taken to the offico of Mr.

W. H. Brittain, to whom they denied that they had taken any of the tools, about a dozen of which had been missed and not seen since. -James Jones, of 14, Sun-street, a driller in the Messrs. Laird's employ, said the tools were taken from his box.

They were worth 10s, and had not been recovered. The prisoners were given into the custody of Police-constabie 36. -Prisoners, who denied all knowledge of the missing tools, were sent for trial at the sessions. THE CONTESTAT SHEFFIELD. A Press Association telegram says it is expected that the polling for Sheffield will take place on the 23rd inst.

It is not certain whether Mr. Wortley will receive the Irish vote. Mr. Barry, president of the Home Rule League, has arrived from London to endeavour to consolidate the party. Meanwhile the Irish executive have asked their friends not to pledge themselves to either party.

The Jews have held a meeting and agreed to support the Conservative candidate, The Social Temperance Society has withdrawn its request for an interview with Mr. Waddy, his opinion against local option and Sunday closing having been emphatically expressed. Dr. Millar has not arrived. COLONEL STANLEY ON THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.

At the annual prize distribution of the Liverpool Rifle Brigade last evening, an important speech on the Volunteer movement was made by Colonel Stanley, Secretary of State for War. The right hon. gentleman said Tilney, Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men of the 5th Lancasbire assure you that it is with very great pleasure that I have found myself here to-night. In the first place, because I am glad to renew more closely personal acquaintance with a corps which has hold its own, and which can prosent so creditable an appearance; and also because to me it is especially agreeable, nfter a lapse of years, to come back and find that that Volunteer force with which I was acquainted more closely some years ago in this part of the country was not only maintaining its own, but is gaining ground, and is gaining strength and etliciency every day (applause). It is now nearly twenty years since there was held in a place, then in some sort my home, and not many miles from here, a review which was supposed to be one of the largest which had ever been held, at all events in this part of the country, at that time.

I don't for one moment doubt that with half the notice, and with half the preparation, that review which was then held at Knowsley could at this day be largely eclipsed by forces which could easily be brought together in this part of the country--auxiliary forces, far better drilled, far better disciplined, and even far better equipped than those which could be brought together at that time. Well, now, though they were disciplined gradually and by degrees, it is, nevertheless, a result which must be to you and the like of you eminently satisfactory to contemplate. In the early days of the Volunteers, as we all know, there was a certain amount of incredulity. There were a good many people, who rather laughed at the thing; there were a good many more who, perhaps not without ground, thought that the movement would not last but it has been for you, and for others like you, to show practically that that incrodulity was mistaken, and that those fears were unfounded (applause). You have shown not only that you were anxious to hold your OWD, but that you were anxious to gain ground and, though I don't wieh, in the presence of other military ofticers, to put forward, except very generally, my own opinion, still, let me say that the hurried inspoction which I was ablo to nuke of your ranks to-night has convinced me-aud, I am sure, has convinced those who saw your ranks with me of the same thing--that great pains and great care must have been taken with you, and that you, individually and collectively, have done your best to show that that care and those pains were not misplaced in Well now, of course, in the military world, as other things, changes take placechanges in discipline, in organisation, in movement, and in tactics.

And there are many persons who, looking at the matter cursorily, were disposed, when the greater freedom of movement became necessary some few years ago, and when that system, which other nations have copiel from the German army, of grenter looseness in movement and of greater extension of front, carne in, to think that it was eminently suited for the Volunteer movement; that drill would be less required; and, in fact, not only a looser formation, but a looser discipline might very well be introduced. Now, you know, like inost practical men who have studied the subject, that so far from that being correct, the truth lies directly in the contrary direction, that open extension of front does not necessarily mean looseness of drill, and that, although there may appear to be complete independence, and men may appear to be working much more apart and independently of one another, is is necessary to produce good results that greater accuracy and precision of drill than ever should prevail--not, perhaps, the stiffness which characterised some of your older movements, but an accuracy and a precision and an inteiligence which you will do well, whatever rank you possess, to acquire and to keep up to to the end of your Volunteer days. Well. now. it has been said that, if inen pOssess intelligence and courage and arms, that is all that is necessary; but allow me to say to you that, in my bumble opinion, the highest intelligence is perfectly compatible with unhesitating obedience to orders; and, in fact, in a military point of view, I should hardly credit a man with carrying out an order intelligently unless fie carried it out, as I hope you all do, to the best of your power, and with unswerving obedience.

It is honourable to the individual it may he an example to others--but it is the action of bodies of men which desides events; the united action, not of one brave man, but of other brave men working with him. It is the mutual confidence--the feeling which is expressed in Scotland by shoulder to shoulder -and the mutual reliance hetween yourseives and your comrades and that mutual confidence and mutual ieliance, venture to say, is very greatly to be assisted by the of precision in your drill. Your colonel spoke to you and commented with great pride upon the good drilling of this regiment. I fully sympathise with all he said, and congratulate you on the fact that he was able to speak to you in such terms (applause). It is a matter of congratulation that shooting has taken its place amongst our athletic sports.

The great trials of arms at Wimbledon and Altcar are surely not without their results in this country and elsewhere (hear, hear). I have heard it said without contradiction that sO far as the long rifle is concerned this nation is probably the best shootihg nation in the world. There are probably a larger number of men in this country who are accurately and intelligently use the rifle than in any other country (applause). Altcar, Wimbledon, and other places have contributed to this in a great degree; and it is an additional source of satisfaction to us in this county that at this moment a Lancashire man, resident not very far from here, is the winner of the Queen's Prize (loud applause). There are a great many persons who wish to see the arms which you now carry supplanted by the Martini-Henry rifle (applause).

That is, no doubt, very desirable in itself; but, at the same time, you must remember that the individual who now addresses you is charged not only with the duty of seeing that the forces are efficiently equipped, but he is also charged with the more difficult duty of seeing that the money expended is kept within due limits, or, what some would say, narrow limits (hear, hear). The financial question of equipping the Volunteer force is not in itself small one, but behind that there lies a very considerable difficulty in the fact that were we to issue generally the Martini Henry rifle to all Volunteer forces we should be raising against ourselves very considerable difficulties over and above those which now exist, in the finding of ranges, especially in the Midland counties, where rifle practice could be conducted (applause). When the time comes when the Martini- Henry rifle is issued to the Volunteer forces generally there is no doubt that there will be considerable ditticulty in finding suitable ranges. While I have told you frankly of the difficulties I sce in the way of the general introduction of the weapon, I may point out to you that we have issued, through the Council of the National Rifle Association, a considerable number of Martini-Henry rifles (applause). There is one other point on which I should like to say a few words.

A great deal of alarm has been excited, I think somewhat unduly, by the statement that restrictive measures were likely to be put in force as against the Volunteer service. A great deal of nervousness has been excited by the idea that regiments were to be amalgamated without consideration and without regard to their feelings or sentiments, or to the class of men from whom they were recruited. I am glad to have the opportunity of stating, what I stated in my place in Parliament, that that has never been our intention (loudapplause). Trueit is that in many parts of the country where you see small corps with difficulty existing side by side with that of another establishment, that those central expenses which we all know are common to Volunteer corps are reduplicated by the fact of their having separate organisations. Now, we say to them that they would act wisely in amalgamating, and that we are anxious to give them every facility and to afford them every opportunity of doing so (loud applause).

But this I wish to say, in all these cases you will not be dealt with by any hard and fast line. I believe it is the intention of the general officers and others to inquire ininutely into the particular circumstances of each case, and when their recommendations come to be made they will be coupled with such statements as they have been able to elicit from their inquiry, so that as far as possible we shall consult the feelings and wishes of those who contribute so much to the Volunteer force (loud applause). Well, now, I do not know that I have any occasion to speak to you on any special points connected either with your own corps, or with the Volunteers of this district, beyond those points which I have already passed. I venture to feel, from what I have seen of you to-night, and from what I have heard of you at other times--I venture to feel that you are doing your best to keep up both your numbers and your efliciency. Speaking from memory, I think your number of efficients is withinone of the same number last year.

Your number, I think, has increased from 980 up to some and, therefore, we cannot look upon the falling-off in etliciency as anything, while, on the other hand, your increase in numbers is a decided gain. The handsome prizes which I see before me to-night show how well you are supported. You have a good staff of officers who are devoted to your interests, and who use their utmost endeavours, I feel sure, to acquire and keep up the knowledge of their duty. You form a portion of that Volunteer service of which, speaking generally, I am glad to say it is in an equally healthy state. I have not the returns to this present month, but the last returns which were given us show that the Volunteer force falls off nothing in its popularity; whereas the number of efficients on the 1st November, 1878, was 194,191.

The number on the 1st November this year was 200,051, being an increase of 5,860. Nor is that all, That is the number of efficients. The number on the roll has increased in a somewhat less proportion, for whereas it was 203,213 on the 1st November last year, it is nOW 208,622, showing an increase of 5,109. Now, that is a satisfactory return in every way. It shows that the numbers have increased, but that the number of etlicients has increased in even larger proportions.

That is a point to which you will no doubt, and others as well, direct your attention; and I trust you will long continue to keep up the credit of your corps, and to use One your best endeavours like for the service generally. thing I would to say. There was a movement--I wish to refer to a matter of fact, and in no way to weave in any political matter whatever, matters which I for one should never think of in such all assembly as this (hear, hear) but there was a movement among the Volunteer force last year for the formation, in the event of its being wanted, of what was called a legion for active service. Now, I have no doubt that those who proposed it, proposed it with the best intentions. I am not saying circumstances would not arise in this country when such a thing should not be permitted, but speaking my own personal opinions, it seems to me that you Volunteers formed yourselves, and were formed, for an especial purpose.

The more closely you can keep to that original purpose, and the more closely you can fulfil your duties within that sphere the better it is for you, and the better it is for the country (applause). 1 ain now speaking of the Volunteers as a body. If any young man wishes to see something of active service, or service abroad, the fact of his being a Volunteer in no way precludes him from the opportunity he should otherwise have. In the same way, I am happy to think that WO have only recently enabled the Volunteer oflicers to inscribe themselves upon a list of reserve ofticers, whose services, should an unusual number of officers at any time be required, would in that way be utilised in connection with the regular forces or otherwise (cheers). ly the intercommunion together of the services in that way, not by making one service perform the duties of another, I feel we shall best achieve that complete unity in the feelings of her Majesty's military forces which we a'l desire to ettect (cheers).

Now, you know perfectly well, and venture to say you feel deeply, the frank and cordial manner in which the military otiicers and others who have been associated with you have taken you up, and bave given you the best of their brains, and, in endeavouring to work with you thoroughly and heartily to show that between you and them there was, in their opinion, no difference of feeling, but, on the other hand, a complete unity of sentiment; and you, on your part, have shown by your appreciation of military life that you saw that, though there was a mixture, there was in many ways much that was good and useful in military service (hear, hear): and it is an especially good feature of these times--although we accuse ourselves in periodical fits of being a nation too much given to luxury--it is, on the other hand, a satisfactory characteristic that a large and increasing number of Volunteers every year desire to go under canvas to learn so far as they practically may the discipline and the roughness of camp life. No doubt that is useful in itself; but you have shown by the mode in which you have undertaken those duties that you did not undertake them lightly or with feelings of vanity, but with the responsibility which naturally would attach 'to such duties (hear, hear), And while you possess officers who have your confidence, non-commissioned officers who are up to the mark, and do their best to keep up to the mark; and while you meet, as I venture to say you will, in that course the approval and the good wishes of your superiors, you have got a great deal to help you on the road which you wish to travel. I am not speaking in favour of exclusive sets or of exclusive recruiting of any kind when I say that I hope that each of you feel something liko a personal attachment to the men of your squad, and to the men of your compaoy, and in 3 sense of enlarged feeling of connection between himself and his battalion; and whether it be for the company or for the battalion he feels a sort of pride, not only in that which concerns himself, but in that which concerns them and their welfare (applause). It is by that feeling of mutual, 1 will not say interest, but affection -it is by the drawing of these ties closely between company and company, between regiment and regiment, that the British servive has in time past been built up into that position it has occupied, though numerically small, among, the armies of the world (applause). He sure that there is in that something more than mere sentiment; it is compatible with confident self-reliance.

'There is a feeling that your comrades are, as it were, part and parcel of your daily life; and it is, when there is in a compauy or regiment that feeling of unity, interest, and aficction, that you, and others like you, may, I hope, look forward for many years, and eventually hand over to your successors the traditions of an unbroken past, happy in the past, and, I hope, equally successful in the future (applause). The prizes were then distributed by Colonel Stanley, at the close of which Colonel Tiley called for three cheers for the Queen, and the band having played the National Anthem the proceedings closed. THE WEEKLY Pose" ALMANAC. The thousands who were disappointed on Saturday in not being able to procure a copy of the Post, with the Annual Illustrated Almanac the demand being SO large that the publishers were quite unable to meet it will be glad to learn that a similar Ahnanac, with the additional attraction that it will be. printed in colours, will be given with the Lin pool on Saturday next, 20th inst.

Like the Post Almanac, that of the Journal will contain very fine illustrations of the Town Hall, the Art Gallery, the Custom House, the Free Library. and the new Doilu Post Offices in Late Advertisements. WET OR DRY. WM. SIMPSON'S CONCERTS, TEMPERANCI AT THE EVERY COLOSSEUM, COMMENCING The 13th TO-NIGHT (SATURDAY, 9 inst.

The following Professional Artistes are BUSFIELD'S CELEBRATED QUARTET LISTON, Character Comic Vocalist. COMPANY DAN O'GRADY, Irish Comic Vocalist. HARRY BATH, Comic Vocalist. J. H.

CAVANAGH, the Original Milanese ANNIE LAWRENCE, Ballad Vocalist. Minstrel, W. C. CRUIKSHANK, Negro Delineator. PROF.

WEBER, Colebrated Ventriloquist. FRANK LOW, Character Vocalist. MR. ATKINSON, Character Vocalist and Slab LOTTIE LEWIS, Serio-Comic and Ballad Vocalist Dancer J. VARNEY, Comic Vocalist.

PEARSON and BLAKLEY, Negro Comedians J. THOMPSON, Tenor Ballad Vocalist: FULL BAND, Admission 6d, Doors open at 7, Performance commencing at 7.30. J. A. WARDLE, Secretary, DISTRESS AMONG CATHOLIC POOR CHILDREN.

Mr. John Yates asks us to publish the ing Our body includes the majority of folows in this town, and in our schools the very poor we bave to congregate many children their parents were in distress, who formerly, when earned themselves. about It the is streets good a that scanty living for collected at school for the they shall be cation, allowed to but it starve is there. not I good that they purposes of edube have made that inquiries, all and these have ascertained beyond a doubt to poor schools-between twenty and thirty in number -there come daily who numbers of children, little ones in particular, have tasted nothing before arriving home who have sat there starving all day and go when school is over with little or no hope on of food. Others, when the snow and frost are the ground, remain there all are day in forced scanty to rags remain and at with Many, too, bare feet.

home, unable to face the bitter weather in their wretched clothing. and with their bodies reduced to the last stage of weakness by hunger. The priests have for many winters past tried to cope, out of occasional private charity and their own slender do it. means, An with association this distress, but they cannot has therefore been formed with an earnest and influential committee to collect subscriptions and distribute aid in the most effective manner. But it is extremely diffcult as well as expensive to get, by means of circulars or collectors at all those who would assist so deserving, a charity; they must be very numerous, because whatever anyone may think of those who bring poverty upon themselves, none can fail to pity the poor helpless children.

I therefore with confidence ask your powerful assistance in making this charity known, and that you will kindly state that subscriptions will be received by Mr. Richard Sheil, secretary of the association; at Messrs. Reynolds and Gibson' office, Exchange-street CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST FOR THE POOR. The above movement having proved so successful last year, it is believed the matter may again be taken up this Christmas, and, in order to assist such congregations as may require help to undertake the work, subscriptions are now invited to form a fund, as was done last year. It is hoped that this year an increased number of congregations may individually bear the comparatively small outlay required, but help will doubtless be needed in a considerable number of cases; and, as the extent of such assistance must entirely depend on the amount received for distribution, a liberal response is hoped for to this appeal.

Last year, in one or two instances, church collections were sent to the central fund, very acceptable help to the movement being thus rendered. Congregations requiring help are requested to apply by letter to Mr. Clarke Aspinall, 109, Dale-strect, stating the minimum amount they will require to supplement their own efforts, Replies to these applications will be made nol later than the 20th when it will be stated to what extent the committee's funds enable them to make the grants applied for. It will be seen that, in order to carry out this arrangement. it becomes necessary that all subscriptions be paid previous to the 20th inst.

Subscriptions payable at the Commercial Bank, Castle-street. Committee: Mayor (chairman), Messrs. Edward Browne, Clarke Aspinall, and Alexander Guthrie, joint hon. C. Langton, Samuel Smith, Henry Jump, Wm.

Crosfield, Richard Stead, A. Balfour, and C. T. Bowring. The following details of the movement last Christmas may be of interest NUMBER OF CHURCHES WHICH CO-OPERATED.

Church of England 46 3 Baptist 6 Free Church of Unitarian Methodist Roman Catholic Presbyterian 6 Undenominational, Missions, In some 75 cases breakiasts, were provided, whils the remaining churches co-operated by furnishing sup plies at the homes of their poor, or in some such amount way amount of contributions received, £634 3s id; of grants to congregations, £610; expenses 3s 7d. Births, Marriages, and Deaths. All announcements of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, must be authenticated by the vame and address of the vender. The words "No Cards" orany other additional matter will be charged for as an advertisement BIRTHS. WE.S-Deccmber 12, the wife of James L.

Bowes, of a daughter. CAMPBELL--December 8, at 32, Comus-street, the wife of Alexander Campbell, of a daughter. -December 12, at 7, Fonthill-road, Kirkdale, the FIELD wife of Geo. Ficld, of a son. ton, the wife of Robert Inkster, of a daughter.

INKSTER-December 12, hi. Church-road, Lower Bebing -December 12, at 2, Fernhill-street, the wife of Edwin Leaversuch, of a daughter. 257, Great Homer-street, the 12, at wife of William R. Smyth, of a son. MARRIAGES.

ENGLAND-SHAW-November 26, Edward at St. Joseph, Peter's Church, by son the of the Rev. late P. I'. Edward England, of Wintershill, Cork, Anderson, youngest Charlotte Adelaide, only' daughter of the late to William Shaw, of Liverpool.

Ross BARTON--November 7. at Trinity Church, King Willian's Town, South Africa, by the Rev. J. Gordon, of Charles Ross, of The William Henry, eldest son Willows, Great Crosby, to Mary Catherine, of this eldest daughter of the Robert Burdy Barton, town. DEATHS.

10, at Blythewood, West Derby, 33 Frederick Augustus Babcock. (The aged win years, take Monday next, 15th at funeral place 11.30. at Knotty Ash Church.) BECK- December 2, at 30, Aiken-street, Toxteth Park, aged 75 years, Joseph 11, at 25, China-street, Everton, aged Beck, of Maryport. only daughter of John 13 years, Margaret Breen, Breen. 12.

at 8, Stalmine-road, Walton, aged 2 years and 7 months, William Bennet, youngest son of George Buchanan, Lionel-street, aged 18 months, CAIN--December 11, at 97, John Cain. FOLLETT-December 1, at 23, Holford-street, Everton, aged 5 years and 3 months, James William, only SOD of John Follett. Fox-December 6, at Chapel Hill, Dukinfield, Anne, relict of the late Mr. James Fox, of Rusholme, Armitage, of and eldest daughter of the late Mr. Cyrus Manchester.

2, at John, 1, second son of John Dudlow-lane, Wooltonroad, aged years, Heavyside. HUST-December Herbert 11, at 30. Halliwell, David-street, second son Park-road, of N. aged R. 11 months, Hunt.

years and 7 months, Sarah LEES--December Elizabeth, 7, aged eldest 3 daughter of James Lecs. 9, at 2, Sea Ephrain, son of Bank-cottages, Lower Tranmere, aged 6 weeks, Hector James Marshall. 9, 61, Belmont-road, aged 67 years, MAW--December at Abigail, wife of Mr. Edwin Maw. MIDDLETON-December 3, at Join Preston, Middleton, aged formerly of 77 years, Mary, relict of the late this town.

8, aged 62 years, Catherine Park. Norbury, widow of the late Thomas Norbury, Toxteth RONBURGH December 9. at 29, Leinster avenue, Dublin, Thomas eldest son of Mr. P. H.

Roxburgh. Tosteth STANANOUGIT Park, Elizabeth December 12, Stananought, at 39, eldest daughter Sussex-street, of the late John Stananought. December 10, at Preston, aged 51 years, Paris, Carolina the wife Spech), of Arthur Willimott, of her Majesty's of Ribeauville, Upper Rhine, and Customs, Liverpool. (French and German papers piease copy.) W. AND D.

BUSBY, LIMITED. FUNERALS FURNISHED. 66 TO 72, ST. ANNESTREET. DEATH FROM inquest was held yesterday by the borough coroner, touching the of death of Elizabeth Hughes, forty-four years age.

wife of an iron moulder, living at 11, Stonewall-street. The deceased, while reading a news; paper on Sunday night, fell asleop, and overturned table on which was standing a paraftin lamp. Her clothes caught tire, and she was so sevorely burned that she died in the Royal Infrmary on Wednesday. A verdict of Accidental death was returned. TOBACCONISTS.

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